As we near the Super Bowl, we present a special episode with Ken Belson, author of the bestselling new book, Every Day is Sunday. We have a fun and insightful conversation about how the NFL, starting in 1993, launched itself from a successful sports league into a cultural and financial juggernaut.

September 24-30, 1942 - World War II. History books of this week will focus on the huge battles taking place in Stalingrad and Guadalcanal. The newspapers, on the other hand, were way more focused on the home front. The one or two stories about these very famous battles were overshadowed by the endless stories of new rationing at home and the latest scrap metal drive. For soldiers at the front, life was hard. For those at home, life had become very annoying.

July 20-26 1980 - A New Chapter. The summer of great movies was a cover to distract the country from the horrible economy. Amidst the cratering economy, the country was deciding between the moralizing and sweater-wearing world of Jimmy Carter, or the unlimited and mythical world of Ronald Reagan. Smalls cars against gas guzzlers. We know how that contest turned out.

Hijacking to Cuba, East German women on steroids, and scientists telling use all about global warming but we refused to listen.